{"id":5213,"date":"2011-03-02T11:00:25","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=5213"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:28:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:28:49","slug":"world-wide-wednesday-growth-colour-coded-buses-and-library-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/03\/02\/world-wide-wednesday-growth-colour-coded-buses-and-library-revival\/","title":{"rendered":"World Wide Wednesday: Growth, colour-coded buses and library revival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-18325\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?attachment_id=18325\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"urban-development-dubai-1-1\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/urban-development-dubai-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"536\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-17174\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?attachment_id=17174\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-world-wednesday\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/feature-world-wednesday1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments.\u00a0We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/images\/line-grey-1pixel-600wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/weburbanist.com\/2011\/02\/21\/then-now-the-stunning-speed-of-urban-development\/    \" target=\"_self\">WebUrbanist<\/a> has a series of stunning photos documenting the speed of development in Dubai (pictured above), Shanghai, Bangkok, Panama City, London, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Paris, New York and Shenzhen.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Buses can be an unwieldy option for unfamiliar transit users; unlike fixed route systems, \u00a0it can be more difficult to tell where you might end up. Unless you find yourself in Seoul where they are making it easier for bus riders to find their way. Using a colour coded system which differentiates between\u00a0trunk, feeder, intercity, and circular routes, and route numbers which signify origin and destination, the city improved travel times, held transit modal share steady and decreased the transit operations subsidy by US $421 million. (<a href=\"http:\/\/regardingplace.com\/?p=11085  \" target=\"_self\">Re:Place Magazine<\/a>)<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 &#8220;Those who predict the demise of libraries\u2014and that goes back to the 1860s\u2014are forgetting about the human factor. People love to be with people.\u201d The human factor has been dramatically improved in Roseville Library in Roseville, Minnesota. The award winning redesign re-purposes much of the original building to create a central marketplace feel with easily distinguishable subject areas. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metropolismag.com\/story\/20110214\/the-fifth-annual-smart-environments-awards-roseville-branch-library\" target=\"_self\">Metropolis Mag<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Suzuki cries foul on &#8220;the war on cars&#8221; claiming that government priorities, injury statistics and modal stats suggest that there is no such thing. (<a href=\"http:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/is-the--war-on-cars--real-.html \" target=\"_self\">Yahoo<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 In Indianapolis, the most walkable and densely populated census tracts have shown robust growth while the rest of the urban core shrinks. As greenfield options run out and downtown amenities like transit improve, walkable neighbourhoods could prove an important solution to stem the exodus. \u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/urban-out.com\/2011\/03\/01\/census-reveals-hoosiers-increasingly-desire-walkable-neighborhoods\/  \" target=\"_self\">UrbanOut<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/weburbanist.com\/2011\/02\/21\/then-now-the-stunning-speed-of-urban-development\/    \" target=\"_self\"><em>WebUrbanist<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have a World Wide Wednesday worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to www@spacing.ca<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments.\u00a0We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. \u2022\u00a0WebUrbanist has a series of stunning photos documenting the speed of development in Dubai (pictured above), Shanghai, Bangkok, Panama City,<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/03\/02\/world-wide-wednesday-growth-colour-coded-buses-and-library-revival\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;World Wide Wednesday: Growth, colour-coded buses and library revival&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4081,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5302],"tags":[2742,1880,900,3050,3049,3043,895,1090,2187,794,3047,973,3045,3048,3046,2050,1468,3044,3051,978,2211,725,370,3052],"class_list":["post-5213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-atlanta","tag-bangkok","tag-dubai","tag-fixed-route-systems","tag-important-solution","tag-indianapolis","tag-las-vegas","tag-london","tag-minnesota","tag-new-york","tag-panama-city","tag-paris","tag-roseville","tag-roseville-library","tag-sao-paulo","tag-seoul","tag-shanghai","tag-shenzhen","tag-suzuki","tag-tokyo","tag-travel-times","tag-usd","tag-world-wide-wednesday","tag-yahoo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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